THROWBACKTHISDAY, MAR 24; Archbishop Óscar Romero was assasinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez  was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, who served as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. He spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture.

Romero spent the day of 24 March 1980 in a recollection organized by Opus Dei, a monthly gathering of priest friends led by Msgr. Fernando Sáenz Lacalle. On that day they reflected on the priesthood. That evening, Romero was fatally shot while celebrating Mass at a small chapel located in a hospital called "La Divina Providencia", one day after a sermon in which he had called on Salvadoran soldiers, as Christians, to obey God's higher order and to stop carrying out the government's repression and violations of basic human rights. As soon as he finished his sermon, Romero proceeded to the middle of the altar and was shot there. According to an audio recording, Romero was shot while holding up the chalice for consecration.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 36 years and TBT Blog remembers him.